Thursday, November 20, 2008

Auto Men in Washington


Was interesting watching the auto chiefs in Washington the other with their hands out. How'd they get their? Private jets.

Answer they recieved. No plan no money
I don't think they get it. The north american auto industry is a dinosaur. The times they've a changed and the big three have been left in the dust.

The whole thing kinda reminds me of the Swiss watch makers. In the sixties when some japanese guys showed up at a trade show with a digital contraption. The swiss watch kings chided "thats not a watch..." it'll never sell. The swiss had been on top fpr so long doing it one way. Their way for so long. In there minds there was no other way to do it. Today how many poeple own a swiss watch. Ever here of digital. Alright you get the point.

The big three have gone on buisness as usual for decades. When somthing came along that challenged their pardigm.. they bought it, destroyed it, drove it out of biusness or turned a blind eye. Case in point the electric car.

They just kept building em bigger and more expensive. They've dragged there feet when it came restructuring there industry or developing and marketing sustainable alternitives. Now they're caught with there hands out and can't figure why North American governments are reticeint to throw cash at them. Wake up boys... you missed the boat. Change or vanish... like the swiss watch.

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